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=Do you agree with McLuhan when he states comics are an extension of photographic media? Why or why not?=

I agree with McLuhan when he states comics are an extension of photographic media because comics require you to engage in filling the closures between the panels. McCloud stated that the panels in comics have spaces between them called gutters which are spaces that allows the reader to think about the connection between the panels(McCloud 66). The panels in comics represent moments like photographs. Photographs require you to think about what is happening in them because they do not include text and they only represent a moment. Even though comics include text with images, there are still closures between the panels which require the reader to find a connection between the panels.

McLuhan stated that comics provide some information about a moment just like photographs(Leshinski). Basically, comics represent a series of panels that look like still images which need to be connected by the reader's imagination in order for the reader to understand the narrative of the comics. McLuhan identified comics media as cool media because comics require the reader to engage in the narrative(Leshinski).

References:
Mccloud, Scott. __Understanding Comics The Invisible art.__ New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1994.

Leshinski, Guy. "McLuhan's Cool Comics." __The Cultural Gutter.__ []